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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man inside the room with Greek inscription say empowers him?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Writing.
(d) Books.

2. What does the scene quoted from a popular children's book represent?
(a) Return to reality.
(b) Riding a raft.
(c) A poisoned apple.
(d) A tangled web.

3. What can the moon symbolize on a Tarot card?
(a) Transformation.
(b) Morning.
(c) Rainy day prediction.
(d) Travel.

4. Who does the man inside the room with Greek inscription say he is?
(a) Aurelius.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) God.

5. After the pitchfork walker has passed the hero, what does the hero feel on the floor?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Blood.
(c) Hay.
(d) Scratched lettering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amadeus hear under his mother's bed?

2. Which villain calls out to the hiding hero that the asylum plays tricks on the mind?

3. What weapon has the captor used on the hostage in the secret room?

4. Who is being held hostage in the secret room when the hero finds it?

5. For whom does Amadeus name the asylum?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Cavendish gets involved in crossing the lives of Arkham and the hero.

2. How does Arkham use therapy as revenge? What is the public perception of the revenge?

3. Name one way in which the moon is symbolic of the Joker.

4. Why does Arkham write his journal? What does the location where he stores it say about him?

5. What idea does the hero contrive to allow the inmates to decide whether he lives or dies?

6. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?

7. Explain what happens when the villain decides whether the hero lives or dies?

8. What in the novel makes a connection between past and present? Explain why.

9. Explain how a statue helps save the hero's life.

10. How does a memory from decades earlier described in Arkham's journal relate to the hero?

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